Tag: Fort Tilden

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Death of the Downy Woodpecker, or, Dunlin at 10,000 Feet: The Eighth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit

October 11, 2021 by Corey 1 Comment

This past Saturday, 09 October 2021, was the Eighth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit. As regular readers of 10,000 Birds know, the...

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Queens County Bird Club Seventh Annual Big Sit

October 12, 2020 by Corey 1 Comment

This past Saturday, 10 October, was my favorite birding event of the year. Yes, it was the Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, our...

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Sixth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit An Amazing Success!

October 14, 2019 by Corey No Comments

At five-forty-five Sunday morning I started the eBird checklist while perched atop the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden. It was the sixth year...

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Queens County Bird Club 2018 Big Sit Results

October 15, 2018 by Corey No Comments

I had high hopes for the 5th Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit this past Saturday at Fort Tilden. We had persevered through...

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The Fourth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit

October 9, 2017 by Corey No Comments

This past Saturday, 07 October, was the day for the Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, our fourth year of counting every species we...

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Myrtle Warblers in Autumn

October 17, 2016 by Corey 2 Comments

Before it was lumped with the western subspecies, the eastern version of the Yellow-rumped Warbler was (and may someday again be) called the Myrtle Warbler. Personally,...